Offseason 2025 Thread

SWedd523 · Post #1441 » by **SWedd523** » Fri Aug 8, 2025 9:33 pm

yosemiteben wrote:Huge Melo season incoming - put up or shut up time.

And yet we give him one of the more unbalanced rosters in his time here

Post #1442 » by **yosemiteben** » Fri Aug 8, 2025 11:50 pm

SWedd523 wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:Huge Melo season incoming - put up or shut up time.

And yet we give him one of the more unbalanced rosters in his time here

Maybe true (not like we've historically had a super balanced roster), but he definitely has more scoring options than he's ever had as well. No reason he can't get off ball or be forced to carry the offense.

If he can't stay healthy this season and show better habits when he's on the floor, I think that has to change our perspective on how to build this team.

It's not about wins and losses, it's about staying healthy and his on court play.

Post #1443 » by **JDR720** » Sat Aug 9, 2025 12:22 am

Melo's priority is playing 60+ games.

Snidely FC · Post #1444 » by **Snidely FC** » Sat Aug 9, 2025 1:52 am

yosemiteben wrote:

Read on Twitter

Looks like we're losing him

Shams Charania
Charlotte Hornets assistant Chris Jent is finalizing a deal to become the associate head coach of the New York Knicks under Mike Brown, sources tell ESPN. New York and Tyler Glass of CSE Talent negotiated terms for Jent, who returns to Knicks where he spent 1996-97 as a player.

Shams reporting Jent will be associate head coach. Either way really really disappointing Hornets couldn’t keep him. Sucks.

Post #1445 » by **yosemiteben** » Sat Aug 9, 2025 1:55 am

He got a promotion to go be #2 in NYC, no real way to match that

GoBobs · Post #1446 » by **GoBobs** » Sat Aug 9, 2025 3:46 am

SWedd523 wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:Huge Melo season incoming - put up or shut up time.

And yet we give him one of the more unbalanced rosters in his time here

Would I sound crazy if I said Bryce Young and LaMelo are both going to win MVP this year?

Post #1447 » by **yosemiteben** » Sat Aug 9, 2025 3:50 am

GoBobs wrote:
SWedd523 wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:Huge Melo season incoming - put up or shut up time.

And yet we give him one of the more unbalanced rosters in his time here

Would I sound crazy if I said Bryce Young and LaMelo are both going to win MVP this year?

Yes, you would

GoBobs · Post #1448 » by **GoBobs** » Sat Aug 9, 2025 3:51 am

yosemiteben wrote:
GoBobs wrote:
SWedd523 wrote:And yet we give him one of the more unbalanced rosters in his time here

Would I sound crazy if I said Bryce Young and LaMelo are both going to win MVP this year?

Yes, you would

well....

ya heard it here first 8-)

Bassman · Post #1449 » by **Bassman** » Sat Aug 9, 2025 12:17 pm

Here is a link to a very good ESPN article, about how difficult it is to win an NBA championship. Talks about the current state of competition, the parity, OKC’s potential run as the next dynasty, what it requires to just be a winning team, and lots of NBA execs quotes on the subject.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45923410/never-tougher-build-nba-dynasty

Bassman · Post #1450 » by **Bassman** » Tue Aug 12, 2025 8:37 pm

Another link, this time to a very PAINFUL but well done synopsis on all the ENDLESS REBUILDING this team has done from the Bobcats era back into the Hornets. Some good times but plenty of bad. It takes each year, shows the draft picks, transactions, and results. Clips from basketball analysts commenting on this team at those times. If you’re a newer fan/follower, must see YouTube. If you’re a long term fan, enjoy the great Crash and Kemba moments, and realize how close this team was to breaking through, IF they’d just made some better draft picks.

https://youtu.be/-rdIeV3e3M0?si=b5qtHGKUP-7-ov62

Post #1451 » by **fatlever** » Wed Aug 13, 2025 6:44 pm

hornets have lost jent and clifford this week. thats a ton of experience gone.

HornetJail · Post #1452 » by **HornetJail** » Wed Aug 13, 2025 7:04 pm

If Cliff has had a say in personnel decisions over the last two offseasons like I think he has, his loss is addition by subtraction. Not sad at all to see him go elsewhere.

Post #1453 » by **Diop** » Thu Aug 14, 2025 12:10 am

fatlever wrote:hornets have lost jent and clifford this week. thats a ton of experience gone.

I always find it difficult to calculate the true value of moves like these. There are many people with knowledge and opinions on basketball, but which help with success is tough to measure.

GiggitySmalls · Post #1454 » by **GiggitySmalls** » Thu Aug 14, 2025 10:04 pm

fatlever wrote:hornets have lost jent and clifford this week. thats a ton of experience gone.

So we lost Jent. Clifford can kick rocks.

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British_Buzz · Post #1455 » by **British_Buzz** » Fri Aug 15, 2025 9:33 am

The 4th annual Charlotte Hornets Fan Survey is LIVE! I'm hoping the Real GM forum surfers can help.

I'm looking to beat last year’s 550 responses, it only takes a few minutes to fill it out. Results drop later this month on the Buzz Beat Substack.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSej7e4FkG1RkomxES8CqYyMBZY0-JLSYlEstMtdgvP0Zc6RRw/viewform

Post #1456 » by **fatlever** » Fri Aug 15, 2025 1:10 pm

Read on Twitter

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More moves coming today?

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Post #1457 » by **fatlever** » Fri Aug 15, 2025 8:16 pm

conflicting reports on bacot

Post #1458 » by **yosemiteben** » Sat Aug 16, 2025 4:16 pm

I wonder if they are playing pickup and doing unofficial workouts and roster decisions are going to be made based on that, or if this will stretch into training camp

Post #1459 » by **yosemiteben** » Mon Aug 18, 2025 5:23 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #1460 » by **fatlever** » Mon Aug 18, 2025 5:36 pm

another peterson nets connection?